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Measures of the patients’ legal protection

On 27 lutego 2012

A total anonymity and strict protection of patients’ data are measures of patient’s legal protection while taking part in clinical tests of medicines. Participation in such test is completely free for the patient. Moreover, she is entitled to reimbursement of the additional costs borne connected to the participation in the test. [...]

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Medical error – definition, types and legal consequences

On 27 lutego 2012

Only such behaviour of a physician which is objectively contrary to the current standards of medical knowledge and practice shall be deemed as a medical error. “Ordinary negligence”, which resides in an incorrectly performed injection, replacement of a medication or its wrong formulation are oversights which, in civil law, are treated [...]

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